boom on shareholders do not despair the bull markets are out there there are just far fair of them than there have been for a very long time. i like the say there is always a bull market out the pentagon reports a full scale invasion of the nation of ukraine is now immminent i'm shepard smith. this is "the news" on cnbc. new intelligence raising fears to their highest level yet. ukraine declares a nationwide state of emergency we're live on the ground a trucker convoy headed to d.c. >> we are all americans! >> what the protesters want and how the nation's capitol is getting ready.

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that's the brand-new and alarming development from the pentagon today. >> russian forces continue to assemble closer to the border and put themselves in an advanced stage of readiness to act. they are ready i'll just leave it at that they're ready. >> the kremlin now claims the pro-russian rebels in eastern ukraine who are essentially putin's puppets are asking putin to send russian troops to help them fight and repel ukrainian forces on ukrainian soil this could very well be that fake excuse or pretext or false flag that putin needs to start an all-out war we have seen eye witness photos and videos that show tanks and armored personnel carriers rolling through the streets of the separatist regions russian forces inching closer and closer to ukraine's border this is a new development and a

new deployment of troops and supplies near a russian town that's 20 miles northwest of ukraine. the troops also appear to have a new military field hospital. you can see it right here. the moscow-based separatists have been ramping up -- the separatists, i should say, have been ramping up artillery fire in east ukraine. earlier richard engel had to scramble for cover [ speaking foreign language ]. >> in the end, everyone was okay russian propaganda has also been cranking up significantly with an endless stream of accusations against ukraine from blatant genocide and terrorist bombings to sack taj and killing of civilians in the east of ukraine. the russians have provided zero evidence today the pentagon called the accusations ridiculous mea meantime, ukraine is preparing

and bracing for a full scale conflict the country has declared a national state of emergency and today at the united nation's ukraine's foreign minister warned the world that this is the last chance to stop putin's russia >> it is clear that president putin will not stop by himself distinguished representatives, the beginning of a large-scale war in ukraine will be the end of the world order as we know it >> we have news team coverage and analysis from the white house to ukraine first to nbc's calipari live in levine on ukraine's western end near poland. cal? >> reporter: shep, a dramatic change of tone from the ukrainian government today in just the past hour, we heard from the ukraine president saying ukraine is a, quote, peaceful country, that they want peace. he said he called president putin but only heard silence,

silence he wanted to hear in the donbas region. this on the heels of that state of emergency that you mentioned. it is possible in the capitol we will see check points, vehicular check points we will see authorities looking at people's ids. it is the threat from within, not just a larger invasion that the country has said they have been worried about for some time add to that cyber attacks, fresh attacks today definitely adding to the fear here on the ground as we're now starting to hear the rhetoric here match what we have heard in those warnings from washington. military analysisin just a moment first president biden unleashing even more sanctions in an attempt to punish russia this time he's targeting the company behind the nord stream 2 pipeline that's the controversial line set to deliver russian natural gas directly to germany and kill the kremlin's coffures

>> reporter: the white house says the new sanctions on the parent company of nord stream 2 will for now halt vladimir p putin's hopes for billions in new resources. a range of lawmakers from both sides of the aisle applauded the move to target the parent company and its corporate officers as many viewed it should go further. other russian oil and gas have been tabled for now. a senior official warning of spillover effects to consumers from that and other actions. it is still part of its introductory sanctions page, not a response to new military action since actions on banks and oligarchs were unveiled yesterday. but there has been no diplomatic movement either. >> this is and has been in some ways diplomatic kabuki theater on the part of the russians,

making statements that they are committed to a diplomatic path while their actions suggest exactly the opposite >> reporter: president biden yesterday said russia has no interest in seriously discussing european security. so today i asked if that's the case, what's the end game? >> our hope is that putin will decide to deescalate, that he will feel the threat of the sanctions, what the impact will be on the russian economy, on the russian people, on the people who surround him. they are meant to have a deterrent impact that he will feel the weight of being a par rye yeah in the community (. >> reporter: tonight lit up in blue and yellow, a show of solidarity with ukraine. solidarity among western allies will be tested again tomorrow during a virtual g7 meeting to discuss the next steps against russia shep. >> live on the north lawn for us

tonight. for analysis, retired four-star marine corps general john allen now. former commander of the nato international security assistance force and president of the brookings institution is it wrong to observe now that it all feels scripted? the russians control parts of ukraine for years. putin declares them independent. then the kremlin says, his puppets there send word to moscow they need military help against ukrainian forces that's where we are. >> this is the play book, shep this is the play book the russians have been following for years. while people are concentrating on the troops and the aircraft and the ships at sea, the truth is that the russians have been waging this 21st century conflict against the western democracy, certainly ukraine, but the western democracies now for years. and it comes in the form of manipulating the domains of the 21st century conflict. and in particular the cyber

domain and the information domain and the lies that they tell and the information is based with disinformation and misinformation and the attacks that they undertake in the cyber space in ukraine but of course in our democracies as well are intended to, if you will, soften up the west. in pre-conflict operations and those two domains have set the conditions for a favorable outcome for physical operations occurring on the ground, in the air and at sea this is the play book that we have been seeing now for years no one should be surprised at this. >> general, based on your decades of service and experience, given what the russians have positioned and where they have positioned it and what we have heard directly from vladimir putin in the last day, describe for us your view of what we're about to see here? >> well, as i said, they have set the information space and are prepared to continue to set the cyber space to support physical operations if necessary. now, we have seen the, if you will, a puppet legislature in

russia declare that the provinces of dom and lug are recognizing those two provinces as being sovereign states. now all those provinces are in the hands of russian-backed separatists who have been waging war in that region called the donbas for years if, in fact, as the leaders of those separatist movements which have requested support from the russians, if the russian troops begin to fight on behalf of those separatist leaders, ultimately to overrun the entirety of those two areas, that is obviously very clear indications of a full-blown invasion is occurring. yet, we're hearing -- >> i'm sorry. >> -- we're hearing the troops moving into these regions now and we're hearing the russian mercenary organization that is in multiple places around the world, africa in particular, vog

inner group elements have come back from syria to be made available for infiltration exercises in those regions as well. >> there are field hospitals not down in the east in these separatist areas but to the north and to the west in an area that's not all that far from kyiv you know, senior officials are suggesting to us that they believe this isn't some nibbling around the edges but a full-on takeover of this country and occupation of the capitol. is that what you're seeing >> it could well be. the positions -- the troops, the equipment, the support echelons, the medical support echelons, they're in place >> we're on -- we're on the border of nato countries and we're one mistake away from a conflict we could get drawn into or am i misreading that? >> well, i don't think we're one step away from being drawn into the conflict i think we've been very clear that both u.s., european and

nato leadership has made it very clear that we will defend every square inch of nato territory. ukraine is not part of the nato. been very clear that we'll defend nato and we'll provide support to the ukrainians and we have been providing a lot of support to the ukrainians in terms of antitank and antiaircraft that will continue even in the event russians attack. but we have been very clear, the americans, the europeans and the alliance has been very clear that we will defend nato territory and we will support the ukrainians in the legal defense of their country you have got to remember here, the ukrainians are no provocation -- they are no threat to russia this is entirely a russian contrived, putin contrived crisis, and he's using this to unsettle the security architecture of europe, unsettle the nato alliance, unsettle the united states, perhaps even separate the united states from

europe by virtue of this threat. and all he has done, in fact, i just returned from the munich security conference, is to create a level of stability and solidarity that we have seen with our allies -- we haven't seen with our allies in a long time and they welcome the american leadership that we're seeing displayed right now. >> general allen for your time tonight and your decades of service, thank you. >> thank you, shepherd good to be with you. >> since 2014, the united states has spent nearly $3 billion to shore up ukraine's defenses. it's helped some, no doubt as the pentagon spokesman warned today from putin, this war if it happens, will not be bloodless there will be casualties on russia's side. but on paper, the two militaries are no match we have compiled a breakdown using data from a top military research institute look at this russia can swell its land troops to 280,000 if it wants to. ukraine 125,000. russia has more than 13,000 tanks at its disposal.

ukraine has 2,000. the discrepancy even worse when you look at the attack aircraft. russia has ten times more than ukraine. and it is not even close when you head out to sea. russia's 74 warships to ukraine's 2. u.s. officials have warned a full-scale russian assault on ukraine will likely begin with a devastating barrage of missiles and bombs to obliterate the ukrainian forces before they could even get moving. so why haven't the united states and nato provided better for ukraine in the way of air defense systems? nbc news reports years of western reluctance to help ukraine modernize have left the country vulnerable to massive russian bombing and missile campaign that could devastate forces before they ever see a hostile tank ken, you heard from top defense

experts on this very subject what did they tell you >> they told us they wish they had different decisions, shep. the supreme allied commander in europe when russia seized crimea back in 2014 called it a missed opportunity. president obama refused to sell ukraine any lethal weapons president trump did authorize the javelin antitank missile but he was impeached on charges he held up the sale as a means of pressuring the ukrainian president to investigate joe biden's in the country he has been criticized by republican lawmakers who said he should have done more. the reality is that no administration was willing to provide the sophisticated air defense missile systems that might have deterred the punishing russian air campaign ukraine asked for them but they worried a sale could provoke russia they also feared it could be stolen by russian spies.

now, those weren't unreasonable decisions. but in hindsight, they left ukraine extremely vulnerable ukraine isn't completely defenseless against air attack because baltic nations provided the ukrainians with a small number of stinger to surface misshils but if putin unleashes all the fire power he has available, all the bombs, missiles he has around ukraine right now, most experts say ukraine's military will suffer devastating losses before they ever see a russian tank or ship. >> more coverage and analysis of the russian crisis coming up thank you, ken. a trucker protest with leaders saying they're planning to shut down d.c the first wave expected tonight. now the defense secretary mobilizing troops around washington, and we talk to truckers from california who are getting on the road. new details about the michigan school shooting suspect. his alleged plans to attack a female class mate. and the request he's making

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weeks. so far the conveys here appear to be much smaller this one took off from scranton, pa today one single 8-wheeler joined an its driver one of the caravan's organizers but a larger group of truckers is setting out from california sema modi spoke with them today. >> reporter: some draped themselves with flags. others held signs. they were there with many different grievances but united in one idea, freedom from government control have you been vaccinated >> i have not, and i will never be vaccinated. >> reporter: truckers meeting here to unite against covid vaccine mandates. >> this vaccine thing is way out of question. >> it is your sovereign responsibility to make those decisions on your own. >> reporter: for some truckers, their discontent goes beyond covid. >> right now, the fuel prices

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the criminal investigation into former president trump and his business may be falling apart. today two top prosecutors on the case resigned from the manhattan

district attorney's office they were the ones leading the investigation that started back in 2019. so far their work has led to fraud charges against the trump organization and its chief financial officer allen weisselberg. lawyers for the trump organization and for weisselberg have both denied the allegations and former president trump has repeatedly called the probe a political witch hunt the departures of the prosecutors today described as abrupt, and "the new york times" reports it suggests the new district attorney has serious doubts about the case. nbc's investigative correspondent tom winter tracking this from new york. >> reporter: good evening. as you said these resignations today kind of came out of nowhere. they involved two people spearheading the ongoing criminal investigation by the manhattan district attorney's office into the former president, donald trump, as well as his business, the trump organization two seasoned prosecutors, it was a bit of a surprise today as this investigation has now been going on for several years

dunn led this case through a number of important battles, including two supreme court fights for the former president's tax returns and tax documents, two battles that he won. he was the lead prosecutor bringing charges last summer against allen weisselberg as well as the trump organization he spoke in court about the alleged crimes that they committed. mark pomeranz, somebody who is a former prosecutor who had experience with complex white collar and financial crimes cases, he was brought in and according to our reporting he conducted a number of the interviews involving some of the people who have been brought in in the course of this investigation. a spokesperson for brags office says that this case will continue, that they thanked both prosecutors for their service. but it is an investigation that has gone increasingly quiet over the last several months that we're expected with a new da taking over shortly around the new year, i should say but over the last month, we have

heard of no witnesses being brought before the grand jury or any additional requests for documents. how things proceed from here and whether anybody else will be charged is a bit of an unknown right now. >> tom winter, thank you. auto makers ruling out electric cars everywhere but one of the biggest fleets around is going in a different direction. the declaration by the post office in direct defiance of the white house. why russia -- when russia invaded crimea back in 2014, the u.s. hit the kremlin with sanctions. tonight as a new round of sanctions kicks in, details of how vladimir putin learned to get around them with stockpiles of foreign cash and boat loads of gold. the details as we approach the bottom of the hour and the top of the news on cnbc.

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organize at starbucks around the country hit with another delay today. three stores in buffalo were expected to have their votes tallied this afternoon, but the count was stopped when starbucks asked the arbiters for review. the scene being played out in arizona last week. but we got word this afternoon that the mesa votes will be counted this friday. the union is fed up with starbucks delay tactics. but the actual votes to unionize are stopped. more than 100 stores in 26 states have filed petitions with the nlrb to organize. >> there are definitely times when we feel tired and we feel dejected by this process we feel like it doesn't work for us in the way that it's supposed to but those other stores around the country are giving us inspiration, giving us hope. >> reporter: starbucks has stood firm in its position that its relationship with its employees is best served without a third

party in between the two and encouraged workers to vote no on unionizing telling cnbc we will continue to respect the process and advocate for your partner's able to make their voices heard things have gotten heated recently with seven pro workers in memphis fired this month after starbucks said they violated the company's safety and security policies. the union calling it retaliation. the firings are related to an interview the workers gave to local media in the store unauthorized after hours step >> kate rogers, thank you. i'm shepard smith. on cnbc, it's the bottom of the hour time for the top of the news a doctor on trial facing multiple murder charges. his alleged weapon of choice as dozens of people prepare to take the stand. the husband of the woman killed on the set of the movie "rust" gives his first tv interview. his harsh words for actor alec

baldwin. but first, the u.s. trying to hit russia's economy hard with sanctions but it may not be that easy. >> the biden administration's targeting two major bank, sovereign debt, russian elite and the nord stream 2 pipeline but analysts say russia will likely weather those economic sanctions at least initially that's because vladimir putin stashed away a mountain of cash to use as a powerful financial field. russia has the fourth larger foreign exchange in the world. their assets held by a central bank in foreign currency and gold reserves. in total russia's foreign exchange reserves total more than 6$630 billion economists say that's enough to counter the west sanctions for the time being here's cnbc's robert frank. >> reporter: shep, russia has quietly been building a financial fortress to better protect itselves from the toughest u.s. sanctions. its reserves large enough to fund two years of imports or pay

off their entire national debt they don't need to do that, so they can use all this money to fundtheir largest companies, the government, the banks and even the oligarchs for months and months now it is clearly a strength the oil prices closing in on $100 a barrel. if oil holds and even $90 a barrel this year, russia will have an additional $65 billion in its piggy bank bringing its total reserves to over $700 billion. that's why russian officials say these sanctions will, quote, be unpleasant but fundamentally change nothing but the irony here is that russia's new economic defenses are largely the result of the 2014 sanctions those were intended to top putin's invasions. instead, they led him to create this sanction that's more sanction proof and independent from the west. now some future sanctions that perhaps could do more damage to

russia include cutting them off from swift, that is the goebl payment system we could target a broader number of oligarchs who are more connected to the west and we could squeeze more of their oil and gas sales. but the growing evidence suggests that sanctions in general have not been effective in blocking from their goals take a look at north korea as one official told me, sanctions don't stop tanks they can only slow them down shep >> robert frank, thank you former cia analyst and deputy national intelligence officer in the office of the director of national intelligence. thank you. russia has been planning financially clearly for these sanctions for a long time. what else should the u.s. do to put some pressure on vladimir putin? >> so a lot of important points in that last piece it is true that russia's economy is more resilient to the sanctions, but we are talking about sanctions significantly

larger than anything we have implemented before so i do think that over time these sanctions will be extremely costly to the putin regime they also have the effect of signaling to the russian people that putin is taking the country in the wrong direction so over time, i think the goal is to really constrict and constrain russia's capacity to continue this aggression outside of its borders. >> you know, china is in the mix now today, too the chinese accused the u.s. of creating panic over ukraine and dismissed the sanctions put in place. how big a challenge is it for the white house to balance china's relationship with russia during all this escalation >> yeah. it certainly is going to be a challenge to compete with two adversaries at the same time we know that russia and china's relationship has deepened significantly and actually in 2014 in russia's annexation of crimea was a key axel rant of their relationship

( this will test their relations because china wants to present itself as a peaceful country committed to the rules and the norms, whereas russia really here is looking to destabilize things, so this will test the limits of what china is willing to do with russia. >> thank you. wall street's losses mount as the prospects of war increase that's what's topping cnbc's on the money. tensions in eastern ukraine weighed heavily again on the markets. dow down 465 its fifth straight drop. it is now at the lowest level this year. s&p down 79 sliding deeper into correction territory it is off 12% from the record high last month. and the nasdaq down 344. down 8 of the past 9 sessions and off nearly 4% in the past two days u.s. auto makers gear up to make fleets electric, but the u.s. postal service is delivering something else

today the post office finalized plans to purchase 165,000 gas powered mail delivery trucks only 5,000 electric vehicles set to be added to the fleet this move runs head-on into president biden's goal to convert all federal vehicles clean power. post office vehicles make up one-third of the government's entire fleet. pepsi trading fizz for froth, releasing nitro pepsi pepsi looking for a nitro boost to the soft drink market like we have seen with beer and cold brew coffee. set to be available at the end of the month in regular and vanilla flavors. well, his wife was shot and killed on the set of the movie "rust. now in his first television interview, halyna hutchins husband lashes out at alec

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the husband of the "rust" cinematographer is mad at alex baldwin. he described watching baldwin's first interview after the shooting. >> watching him, i just felt so angry. i was just so angry to see him talk about her death so publically in such a detailed way. and then to not accept any responsibility after having just described killing her. >> baldwin said he was rehearsing onset in october. he said the assistant director handed him the revolver and

yelled "cold gun" indicating it didn't have any live rounds in it but when it fired a real bullet hithalyna hutchins and killed her. baldwin said he didn't feel good over the deadly shooting. >> i feel that there is -- i feel that someone is responsible for what happened, and i can't say who that is, but i know it's not me. >> the hutchins family is suing alec baldwin and others in the film, accusing him of reckless behavior leading to halyna hutchins death you can watch the full interview tomorrow morning on today. a pharmacist in ohio testifying today in the murder trial of a former doctor that doctor is accused of killing 14 patients. the pharmacist said she was shocked by the painkiller dosages that the doctor requested. he said at one point he flagged them to his supervisor saying, this doesn't look good prosecutors accused a former

doctor of ordering massive doses of painkillers, so much they say it's clear he intended to kill the patient. but the doctor's lawyers say he was providing comfort care to people who were already dying. he pled not guilty and just yesterday turned down a last-minute plea deal. perry russell with details. >> reporter: day two in fact trial of the dr. william husel and prosecutors told the story of january et cavanaugh. he was on a ventilator dying in the hospital when prosecutors say she was given 1,000 micro grams of fentanyl. in court the prosecution lined up the ten viles it took to fill that order the pharmacist working that night. >> i asked something to the effect of, hey, doc, i got this order for fentanyl here, did you add an extra z or one or

something. he said nope i hung up and verified the order. >> he was a well respected intensive care doctor at mount caramel intensive care systems in ohio. once named doctor of the year. he's since been fired and his medical license was suspended. in opening statements yesterday, prosecutors said the recommended dosage of fentanyl is 50 to 100 micro grams. he administered up to 40 times that amount. >> william husel caused the death of our 14 victims. >> jose baez is his attorney. >> this case, ladies and gentlemen, is about 100% comfort care. >> according to news reports, mount caramel settled with at least 17 patients, totaling nearly $17 million >> we will consistently reinforce our culture that each colleague has the right to speak up about safety concerns. >> more lawsuits are pending. >> one other issue that comes up

with these patients, in many instances, it appears he did not discuss his plans with the patient before they got very sick or the family or friends who might be acting as guardians. you can't do that. >> reporter: the trial is expected to last several weeks for the news, i'm perry russell. >> some analysis now attorney jesse weber is with us. he's the host of the law and crime network who has been following this trial throughout. does ohio law give an advantage to either side here? >> it does it gives an advantage to the defense because under ohio law if the doctor had a good faith believe that he was providing comfort care, he has immunity to prosecution. that is something that the defense and jose baez are arguing. i have to tell you, although you look at the sheer number of victims here, you look at the fact that he didn't quite communicate his intentions clearly, there is a lot here of reasonable doubt and i think the most powerful thing that jose baez said yesterday in his opening statement and also what we saw

today is there were times when he was saving the lives of these patients and then would prescribe them the fentanyl. there was an instance where he prescribed 2,500 micro grams of fentanyl that person lived. if you were trying to prove that he intended purposefully to kill these people, that's the evidence that just doesn't make sense. so and especially when you have a defendant like this, a doctor, you want to believe that the best intentions are there and ohio law kind of protects doctors in these comfort care situations i have never seen a case like this, and this is probably why. >> he turned down a plea move to go to trial. good move? >> i think it was a good move. there is a lot ofreasonable doubt for a jury to acquit even when it goes to the jury, they can ultimately decide, hey, we're not going to find him guilty of murder we're going to find him guilty of reckless homicide, which is what the offer was on the table. so why not roll the dice here? i really don't think he has much

to lose. this is a strong case, yes, for the prosecution, but there is so many parts for the defense, he might have done the right thing in the end. >> you know, reasonable amounts. and as you said, 2,500 micro grams and one survived, so we'll see how this plays out in the end. jesse weber, thanks again. appreciate it. a 15-year-old accused of killing four people outlined a plan to stalk, rape, torture and kill one of his class mates. prosecutors reveal those chilling new allegations in a hearing just yesterday they argued thesuspect should stay in the adult jail where he's currently behind bars they say texts and journal entries show this boy was calculated and methodic, as they put it, when he shot up his high school outside detroit back in november according to the prosecutors, the 15-year-old talked about torturing a family of baby birds and how he enjoyed it when he heard them squeal as they died they say he wanted notoriety and

asked the jail how he could get his fan mail the suspect's lawyers are pushing for a judge to move him to a juvenile center they say the evidence shows he was hallucinating, hearing voices and asked his parents if he could see a therapist but at the time of the shooting he was not in therapy. he's pleaded not guilty to terrorism and murder charges and his lawyers say that he planned to pursue an insanity defense. the judge said he'd issue a decision some time next week on whether to move him to a juvenile center. the suspect's parents are also accused here they're scheduled to appear in court tomorrow they pleaded not guilty to involuntary manslaughter charges. a judge is set to decide whether there is enough evidence to send them to trial. after years of resistance new york transit authorities are now introducing a plan to test barriers on subway station platforms. the move comes after a rise in violent crime around the trains. according to the nypd, 30 people

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the decade and 30% by 2050 climate scientists are urging governments to be more proactive about wild fires according to researarch cited, o every dollar spent on managing wild fires in the u.s., almost 60 cents goes toward immediate fire fighting responses, much less spent on reducing fire risk in advance and helping communities become more resilient. wild fire season last year was devastating. the national interagency fire center reports nearly 59,000 wild fires burned more than 7 million acres. they destroyed nearly 6,000 acres. phil mickelson is apologizing for explosive comments he made about saudi arabia and a proposed golf league that would rival the pga tour we know they killed "the washington post" columnist and have a horrible human rights record they execute people there over

being gay. knowing all this, why would i even consider it because it's a once in a lifetime opportunity to reshape how the pga tour operates. phil mickelson says the comments were reckless, but claims they were off the record and not meant to be shared publically. the author says that is completely false so far, at least two corporate sponsors have severed ties with phil mickelson now the reigning champion says he desperately needs some time away working from home. it has its perks, right? no commute, flexible schedule, meetings in your sweats. but it also has companies watching remote employees movements. the work from home shift leading to a rise in what they're calling tattle ware. it's tracking software that companies can install on their devices to keep tabs on what employees are doing. here's vicky wynn on how to protect your privacy. >> at first we were all sent home with our equipment.

>> jen garcia was working from home as a systems engineer when she found a program on her company issued computer that could pictures of what was on her screen at any time. >> did it feel like an invasion of your privacy? >> yeah, definitely. we had no idea that this had been deployed. >> reporter: in fact, if you work at a company with more than 500 employees, harvard business ethics professor says you should expect some form of surveillance software to be on your devices. >> you definitely need to think about being photographed, listening through your microphone, key stroke logging software so recording what you are typing at any given time, what websites you are going to, who you are communicating with. >> reporter: the scenarios you are describing are scary, but are they actually happening? >> yes when covid-19 pushed people to work remotely, you could work remotely, we saw sales of workplace surveillance software more than triple. >> reporter: a recent study

found 68% of bosses and 47% of it departments have access recordings from corporate devices. and it can get really personal for example, does your company's wellness program provide fitbits. all that bio metric data would be used by your company. when a company says he need this monitoring fur our employees working from home, what's wrong with it? what do you say? >> i don't think it's thought through very well. companies are not as aware as they should be about the downsides of these choices and the message that they are sending to the people who work for them. >> reporter: which is? >> which is that we don't trust you. >> don't be sneaky. >> reporter: jayson's software tracks e-mail traffic and response team for sales. he says the program only reveals the subject line, not the content of the message he says it increases e-mail response times by nearly 43%

how do companies balance their need for productivity against the employees' right to privately? >> we're all trying to figure out what's that right balance right now. what's okay and where is the boundary at? we draw the line at seeing what is actually being written in the e-mails. >> reporter: if you have work-issued technology at home, experts say avoid using it for personal activity. use a separate phone and computer and find a separate space at home where your devices can't see or hear what your family is doing. >> you need to demand accountability and transparency from your employer so that you know exactly what is going on in your own home. >> reporter: jen garcia says she left her last job in part because of that surveillance software. >> you are looking at your machine most of the day. and it's completely natural to check your personal e-mail or something like that. and, so, at any moment, you can have something potentially very private exposed to your

employer >> reporter: experts say companies really need to be transparent and review the ethics involved in using this boss ware, especially because it is now being used in workers homes and not in a company work space. shep >> thanks. here's one when we die, does life actually flash before our eyes? well, according to a new first of its kind study, it may. scientists say they stumbled upon the revelation accidentally they were studying an 87-year-old man who they say they were treating for epilepsy. they were recording his brain activity when he suddenly had a heart attack and died. when they looked at an analysis of the 30 seconds before and after his heart stopped beating, the waves that are especially active when reading, concentrating or recalling memories the research could pruf that although our loved ones have their eyes closed and are ready to leave us for rest, their

brains may be replaying some of the nicest moments they have in their lives. nasa launched a new instrument that could predict volcanic eruptions and monitor air quality. this is the chemistry observation system or nachos for short. it will keep watch over dormant volcanos they often emit gases long before there is any seismic activity so nachos could send a warning to evacuate before the volcano blows its top. they're big and expensive to maintain nachos is the size of a football and weighs just 15 pounds. it is a prototypeset to circle the earth for a year and then be replaced by another instrument 60 seconds left on the race to finish. a dire warning from the pentagon russian troops are ready, assembled and in position to

launch a large scale invasion of ukraine at any moment. the un security council set to hold an emergency meeting scheduled for 9:30 eastern tonight. the kremlin now claims pro-russian rebels in eastern ukraine are asking vladimir putin to send in russia's military to help fight and repel ukrainian forces on ukrainian soil fears are rising this could be the pretext for putin. the ukrainian crisis weighing heavily on the markets. the dow down 465 today it is now at its lowest level this year. and now you know the news of this wednesday, february 23rd, 2022 i'm shepard smith. follow us on instagram and lienter at "the news" on cnbc and st to the podcast, and we'll see you back here tomorrow night. because i won't let uc stop me from being me. zeposia can help people with uc achieve and maintain remission. and it's the first and only

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